Motor Equipment Operator III

Duties:
MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR II duties and responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Individual will operate light and medium duty motor equipment such as pickup trucks, dump trucks with/without trailer, tractor with attachments, turf mowing equipment may be trained for operating heavier equipment.
• Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and departmental needs.

• Operating light and medium duty motor equipment such as pickup trucks, dump trucks with/without trailer, tractor with attachments; turf mowing equipment. May be trained for operating heavier equipment.
• Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and departmental needs.

Roadway Maintenance duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Complete grounds maintenance work assignments including pruning, right of way mowing, removing trees and other visual obstructions, grading surfaces, and maintaining landscape, mostly along the city s roadways.
• Implement the use of equipment when and where needed to accomplish overall plan-of-the-day. Candidate will be required to have a good working knowledge of the operation and maintenance of all equipment used daily including trucks, truck and trailer combinations, tractor-mounted flail mowers, backhoes, front end loaders and skid steer loaders.
• Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by these duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and departmental needs.

• Individual will operate light and medium duty motor equipment such as pickup trucks, dump trucks with/without trailer, tractor with attachments, turf mowing equipment - Maybe trained Assist crews engaged in landscape maintenance and construction, mowing, fertilizing, seeding, and sod installation.
• Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by these duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and departmental needs.

• Complete grounds maintenance work assignments including removal and pruning of large trees and other visual obstructions and maintaining landscape vegetation, mostly along the city’s roadways.
• Proficient in the use of specialized pruning equipment such as chainsaws, pole pruners, pole saws.
• Team leader of bucket truck crew Set up complex road closures.
• Operate and haul a variety of medium to heavy-duty landscape and construction equipment such as chippers, swap body trucks, dump trucks, backhoe/loader, skid steer and combination vehicles.
• Proficient in the operation and maintenance of bucket and knuckle boom truck.

NOTE:
All positions require a Class A Commercial Driver s License or must obtain within six (6) months of hire.

There is a $4,000 sign-on bonus for newly hired employees with a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) for this position. The bonus will be divided into three bonus increments:

• First $1,000.00 bonus will be issued with the first paycheck.
• Second $1,000.00 bonus will be issued upon the six (6) month evaluation with an overall performance of “Meets Expectations"
• Third $2,000.00 bonus will be issued upon the one (1) year evaluation with an overall performance of “Meets Expectations"

The City of Virginia Beach complies with all federal mandates related to positions requiring a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). The city will verify that all employees and prospective employees.

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